Month: August 2021

Rum Finish Premiere Säntis Malt

Edition Alpstein No. XVII

While the Alpstein series has so far mainly used various wine barrels, the Alpstein 17 is the first to feature rum barrels from the Caribbean.

The cellars in which the Säntis Malt matures lie in the lap of the Alpstein. Each cask is an individual rarity full of character and is carefully selected by the Stillmaster. With the first occupancy ... Read more ...

Terroir Lac Léman

The stronghold of the Chasselas

Vaud is great cinema for the wine world. Here on the shores of Lake Geneva, uninfluenced by the outside world, a traditional wine culture flourishes, centred on the Chasselas grape.

Vaud is probably the most beautiful wine region in Switzerland. The interplay between Lake Geneva, the Alps, steep vineyards and, above all, a vastness that is unusual for Switzerland and which, depending on the ... Read more ...

CounterTip

Cheap labour or expensive professionals?

Gastronomy is on the upswing again. No matter where you go as a guest, you are welcomed and served by happy faces. The employees are happy that they can finally do their job again and the managers are happy that they finally have turnover in their coffers again.

At the moment, I am increasingly being asked by other managers if I know and can recommend someone who is looking for a job in gastronomy. Often I even know a ... Read more ...

Classic Cocktails

Canchánchara

Mojito, pina colada and caipis have dominated summer cocktail menus for many years and although all can be incredibly great cocktails when prepared correctly, some bar mates roll their eyes at the weekend when the orders just won't let up.

The canchánchara has been in the shadows for a long time. Hardly anything fits better on a warm summer night than a refreshingly fruity cocktail like a canchánchara. Here in this issue, I try to ... Read more ...

Cuisine Sans Frontières

Scholarship for Innovative Gastro Businesses

Cuisine sans frontières (Csf) is launching a call for proposals to support innovative catering businesses in peripheral areas of Switzerland. The selected business will receive a grant of CHF 30,000 for three years in addition to coaching from proven experts.

Running a pub without a deficit in a peripheral Swiss area was a challenge even before Covid-19. The pandemic has made this situation even worse. Yet the Beiz is a central ... Read more ...

New management at "Ueli Bier

Adrian Baumgartner joins the Fischerstube brewery

For over 47 years, the Fischerstube brewery in the heart of Basel has been brewing genuine Basel beer: Ueli beer. What began in 1974 as a pioneering act by the Kleinbasel doctor Hans Jakob Nidecker against the beer cartel is now an integral part of Basel's beer culture.

After 20 years of service, Anita Treml Nidecker, the previous managing director of the Fischerstube brewery, is retiring from the operational business. In the era of Anita Treml Nidecker, daughter-in-law of the brewery founder, developed ... Read more ...

Finsbury

Wild Strawberry Gin

With Wild Strawberry Gin, Finsbury creates a flavoured gin for the first time.

Finsbury London Dry Gin stands for over 280 years of quality, expertise and tradition. It is one of the oldest known gins from Great Britain still being produced today. Finsbury Wild Strawberry ... Read more...

Bar Manager, Verre à Monique, Genève

10 Questions for Arthur Brophy

Arthur spent the first years of his life in the British university town of Cambridge before the Brophy family settled in Geneva. He spent his childhood on the banks of the Rhone until he moved back to the UK for his studies (sport and psychology).

While he was working in service and system gastronomy, he didn't think he would ever want to gain a foothold in the bar world. It was only when, back in Geneva, he found himself in the Verre à ... Read more...

Experimental. Unique. Emotional.

Alchemist, Basel

The restaurant with the legendary Lällenkönig on Basel's Schifflände will be given a new lease of life in June 2021. The alchemist is moving in and with him a fascinating aura with elements from the laboratory and pharmacy, fitting for the chemical city of Basel.

Here, the combination of alchemy and gastronomy is brought to life through a captivating concept! A mysterious atmosphere has been created from dark shades, patinated surfaces, points of light in gold and copper, and individual ... Read more...

Refreshing moments

Alcohol-free from Lateltin

Sometimes you want to do without alcohol and still enjoy a refreshing drink. These novelties make this possible.

The trend towards alcohol-free spirits is unstoppable. With "Jsotta Senza", Lateltin is launching its own non-alcoholic aperitif with a vermouth flavour, modelled on the popular Jsotta Vermouth. The launch of the ... Read more ...

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